Thanks, Linda...I'd be very interested to know if any of those stars show
up, especially if it turns out they may have been manufactured there.
John Worth
On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 3:17 PM, Linda Stine <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> We just finished excavations at Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
> environs of 1770s-1840s town with lots and lots of Cu alloy rivets, most
> with long shanks or broken off shanks. Maybe manufactured there. Will
> look
> for a star on top when in the lab. LFS
>
> On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 7:28 AM, John Worth <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Yes, I think these items are functional equivalents of the ones we found
> at
> > our site, and they're certainly still for sale today from a variety of
> > sources. From what I'm seeing on-list and off-list in replies to my
> > original query, I'm strongly inclined to say that our rivets/burrs are
> late
> > 19th-century, and thus likely associated with our sawmill occupation
> > (c1866-1884). Their exact function or functions may never be known with
> > certainty for our specific context, but I'm increasingly certain they
> don't
> > relate to our 18th-century Spanish cavalry garrison. I'll continue my
> > research and post again if anything more definitive shows up (either from
> > archaeological context or documentary sources).
> >
> > Thanks to one and all,
> > John
> >
> > On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 11:58 AM, Marty Pickands <[log in to unmask]
> > >wrote:
> >
> > > Dear John-
> > >
> > > Sorry I picked up on this late. I thought you would like to see this:
> > >
> > >
> >
> http://www.shipshewanaharness.com/ecommerce/search_results.cfm?search_terms=rivets
> > >
> > > I remember using some of these as a teenager when I worked a a canoe
> camp
> > > in Maine. We kept them around to make sheaths for axes out of leather
> or
> > > fire hose.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Marty Pickands
> > > New York State Museum
> > >
> >
> >
> >
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John E. Worth, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology
University of West Florida, 11000 University Parkway, Pensacola, FL 32514
Phone: (850) 857-6204 Fax: (850) 857-6278
Email: [log in to unmask]
Home Page: http://www.uwf.edu/jworth
Graduate Advising Resource Page:
http://www.uwf.edu/jworth/teaching.htm#Advisement
2011 Field School Blog: http://pensacolacolonialfrontiers.blogspot.com/
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